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. 2015 Nov 5;41(11):263–271. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v41i11a02

Table 2. Enteric disease outbreaks by pathogen, British Columbia, 2009-2013.

Pathogen Number (%)
Norovirus 38 (36.5%)
Salmonella 26 (25%)
Escherichia coli 12 (11.5%)
Clostridium botulinum 3 (2.9%)
Campylobacter 2 (1.9%)
Hepatitis A 2 (1.9%)
Histamine poisoning 2 (1.9%)
Shellfish poisoning1 2 (1.9%)
Staphylococcus 2 (1.9%)
Other2 7 (6.7%)
Unknown3 8 (7.7%)
Total 104

1 Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (1), Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (1). 
2 Aeromonas (1), toxin/chemical (1), Cryptosporidium (1), Cyclospora (1), Shigella (1), Clostridium perfrigens (1), Clostridium difficile (1).
3 This number includes one outbreak reported as bacterial-unknown, two viral-unknown and one yeast/fungi unknown as well as four where the pathogen causing the outbreak was unknown. In Table 2, four of these are categorized into their higher-level groups.